Anagrams of materialists
Word materialists has
1245 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of materialists.
- materialist
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noun,
a person who is markedly more concerned with material things than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
- literatim
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adverb,
letter-for-letter; literally.
- alarmists
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noun,
a person who tends to raise alarms, especially without sufficient reason, as by exaggerating dangers or prophesying calamities.
- materials
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noun,
the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed:
- marialite
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noun,
a member of the scapolite group, rich in sodium and containing no calcium.
- maltsters
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noun,
a maker of or dealer in malt.
- militates
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verb (used without object),
to have a substantial effect; weigh heavily:
- maltreats
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verb (used with object),
to treat or handle badly, cruelly, or roughly; abuse:
- Artemisia
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noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Artemisia, having aromatic foliage and small disk flowers, including the sagebrush, wormwood, and mugwort.
- serialism
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noun,
twelve-tone technique.
- mistreats
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verb (used with object),
to treat badly or abusively.
- aerialist
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noun,
a trapeze artist.
- mistrials
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noun,
a trial terminated without conclusion on the merits of the case because of some error in the proceedings.
- metalists
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noun,
a person who works with metals.
- teratisms
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noun,
love or worship of the monstrous.
- smaltites
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noun,
a mineral, originally thought to have been a diarsenide of cobalt, CoAs 2 , but which is actually a skutterudite rich in cobalt.
- lamisters
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noun,
lamster.
- remittals
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noun,
a remission.
- Listerism
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noun,
an antiseptic method introduced by Joseph Lister, involving the spraying of the parts under operation with a carbolic acid solution.
- lamsters
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noun,
a fugitive from the law.
- smatters
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noun,
slight or superficial knowledge; smattering.
- material
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noun,
the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed:
- mastitis
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noun,
Pathology. inflammation of the breast.
- maltster
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noun,
a maker of or dealer in malt.
- martlets
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noun,
British Dialect. a house martin.
- Semitist
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noun,
an authority on Semitic languages, literature, etc.
- imitates
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verb (used with object),
to follow or endeavor to follow as a model or example:
- Marietta
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noun,
a city in NW Georgia.
- smaltite
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noun,
a mineral, originally thought to have been a diarsenide of cobalt, CoAs 2 , but which is actually a skutterudite rich in cobalt.
- mattrass
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noun,
matrass.
- lamister
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noun,
lamster.
- Tiresias
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noun,
a blind prophet, usually said to have been blinded because he saw Athena bathing, and then to have been awarded the gift of prophecy as a consolation for his blindness.
- maltreat
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verb (used with object),
to treat or handle badly, cruelly, or roughly; abuse:
- amirates
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noun,
emirate.
- starlets
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noun,
a young actress promoted and publicized as a future star, especially in motion pictures.
- ariettas
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noun,
a short aria.
- startles
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noun,
a sudden shock of surprise, alarm, or the like.
- Israelis
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of modern Israel.
- literati
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plural noun,
persons of scholarly or literary attainments; intellectuals.
- maitrise
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noun,
mastery; skill.
- malaises
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noun,
a condition of general bodily weakness or discomfort, often marking the onset of a disease.
- sea-star
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noun,
starfish.
- simitars
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noun,
scimitar.
- aristate
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adjective,
Botany. having aristae; awned.
- Listeria
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noun,
any of several rod-shaped, aerobic, parasitic bacteria of the genus Listeria, pathogenic for humans and animals.
- seriatim
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adverb, adjective,
in a series; one after another.
- limiters
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noun,
a person or thing that limits.
- Islamite
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noun,
a Muslim.
- Laetitia
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noun,
a female given name.
- maltases
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noun,
an enzyme that converts maltose into glucose and causes similar cleavage of many other glucosides.
- mattress
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noun,
a large pad for supporting the reclining body, used as or on a bed, consisting of a quilted or similarly fastened case, usually of heavy cloth, that contains hair, straw, cotton, foam rubber, etc., or a framework of metal springs.
- alarmist
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noun,
a person who tends to raise alarms, especially without sufficient reason, as by exaggerating dangers or prophesying calamities.
- sea-salt
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noun,
table salt produced through the evaporation of seawater.
- saltiers
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noun,
saltire.
- misstate
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verb (used with object),
to state wrongly or misleadingly; make a wrong statement about.
- mistrals
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noun,
a cold, dry, northerly wind common in southern France and neighboring regions.
- mistreat
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verb (used with object),
to treat badly or abusively.
- mistrial
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noun,
a trial terminated without conclusion on the merits of the case because of some error in the proceedings.
- tertials
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noun,
a tertial feather.
- saltires
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- artistes
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noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- militate
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verb (used without object),
to have a substantial effect; weigh heavily:
- salaries
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noun,
a fixed compensation periodically paid to a person for regular work or services.
- teratism
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noun,
love or worship of the monstrous.
- rat-tail
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noun,
grenadier (def 4).
- atresias
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noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- realisms
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noun,
interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- remittal
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noun,
a remission.
- asterism
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noun,
Astronomy.
a group of stars.
a constellation.
- elitists
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noun,
a person having, thought to have, or professing superior intellect or talent, power, wealth, or membership in the upper echelons of society:
- elitisms
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noun,
practice of or belief in rule by an elite.
- etatisms
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noun,
state socialism.
- metrists
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noun,
a person who is skilled in the use of poetic meters.
- satirist
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noun,
a writer of satires.
- metalist
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noun,
a person who works with metals.
- airmails
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noun,
the system, especially a government postal system, of sending mail by airplane.
- striates
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adjective,
striated.
- airtimes
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noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- smarties
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noun,
a smart aleck.
- metritis
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noun,
inflammation of the uterus.
- satiates
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adjective,
satiated.
- starlet
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noun,
a young actress promoted and publicized as a future star, especially in motion pictures.
- stratal
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adjective,
of a stratum or strata.
- starets
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noun,
a religious teacher or counselor.
- etatism
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noun,
state socialism.
- atresia
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noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- laities
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noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- streams
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noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- tatamis
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noun,
(in Japanese houses) any of a number of thick, woven straw mats of uniform dimensions, about three feet by six feet (91 cm by 183 cm), the placing of which determines the dimensions of an interior.
- atlases
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noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- stratas
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noun,
a plural of stratum.
- strati-
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- lamster
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noun,
a fugitive from the law.
- Astarte
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noun,
an ancient Semitic deity, goddess of fertility and reproduction worshiped by the Phoenicians and Canaanites.
- Laramie
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noun,
a city in SE Wyoming.
- lariats
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noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- attires
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noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- tasters
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noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- Statler
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noun,
Ellsworth Milton, 1863–1928, U.S. hotel-chain developer.
- staters
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noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- imarets
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- stimies
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noun,
stymie.
- elitist
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noun,
a person having, thought to have, or professing superior intellect or talent, power, wealth, or membership in the upper echelons of society:
- statism
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noun,
the principle or policy of concentrating extensive economic, political, and related controls in the state at the cost of individual liberty.
- imitate
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verb (used with object),
to follow or endeavor to follow as a model or example:
- elitism
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noun,
practice of or belief in rule by an elite.
- Israeli
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of modern Israel.
- straits
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noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- tarsals
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noun,
a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
- startle
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noun,
a sudden shock of surprise, alarm, or the like.
- striate
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adjective,
striated.
- tamaris
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noun,
a rich, naturally fermented soybean sauce containing little or no wheat and thicker than soy sauce.
- starlit
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adjective,
lighted by the stars:
- tamales
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noun,
a Mexican dish made of minced and seasoned meat packed in cornmeal dough, wrapped in corn husks, and steamed.
- tarsias
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noun,
intarsia.
- Mai-Tai
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noun,
a cocktail of rum, curaçao, lemon and pineapple juice, grenadine, and orgeat syrup, poured over crushed ice.
- Larissa
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noun,
a city in E Thessaly, in E Greece.
- saltire
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- merisis
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noun,
growth, especially growth resulting from cell division.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- metrist
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noun,
a person who is skilled in the use of poetic meters.
- satiate
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adjective,
satiated.
- milreis
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noun,
a silver coin and former monetary unit of Brazil, equal to 1000 reis, discontinued in 1942.
- milters
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noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- samlets
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noun,
a young salmon.
- missile
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noun,
an object or weapon for throwing, hurling, or shooting, as a stone, bullet, or arrow.
- misters
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noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- Mistral
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noun,
a cold, dry, northerly wind common in southern France and neighboring regions.
- samites
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noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- saltier
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noun,
saltire.
- Melissa
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noun,
Classical Mythology. the sister of Amalthea who nourished the infant Zeus with honey.
- Salters
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noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- Salieri
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noun,
Antonio [an-toh-nee-oh;; Italian ahn-taw-nyaw] /ænˈtoʊ ni oʊ;; Italian ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1750–1825, Italian composer and conductor.
- Salamis
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noun,
an island off the SE coast of Greece, W of Athens, in the Gulf of Aegina: Greeks defeated Persians in a naval battle 480 b.c. 39 sq. mi. (101 sq. km).
- Raamses
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noun,
a city that was built for the Pharaoh by the Israelites and from which the Exodus began. Ex. 1:11.
- sailers
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noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- ramtils
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noun,
Niger seed.
- ratites
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noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- rattles
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noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- realism
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noun,
interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- realist
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noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- resails
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verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- Melitta
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noun,
a female given name.
- matters
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noun,
the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed:
- latests
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noun,
the latest, the most recent news, development, disclosure, etc.:
- similes
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noun,
a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.”.
Compare metaphor.
- Latimer
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noun,
Hugh, c1470–1555, English Protestant Reformation bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- Latitia
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noun,
a female given name.
- latrias
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noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- Letitia
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “gladness.”.
- slaters
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noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- liaises
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verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- Liatris
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noun,
any of various composite plants of the genus Liatris, native to North America, having long spikes of purplish flowers.
- limiter
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noun,
a person or thing that limits.
- limites
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noun,
plural of limes.
- listers
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noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- litters
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noun,
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- simitar
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noun,
scimitar.
- similar
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adjective,
having a likeness or resemblance, especially in a general way:
- matrass
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noun,
a rounded, long-necked glass container, formerly used for distilling and dissolving substances.
- Silesia
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noun,
a lightweight, smoothly finished, twilled fabric of acetate, rayon, or cotton, for garment linings.
- Setaria
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noun,
any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
- mailers
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noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- malaise
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noun,
a condition of general bodily weakness or discomfort, often marking the onset of a disease.
- malates
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noun,
a salt or ester of malic acid.
- serials
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noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- maltase
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noun,
an enzyme that converts maltose into glucose and causes similar cleavage of many other glucosides.
- marital
-
- Maritsa
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noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing from S Bulgaria along the boundary between Greece and European Turkey and into the Aegean. 300 miles (485 km) long.
- Martial
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noun,
(Marcus Valerius Martialis) a.d. 43?–104? Roman epigrammatist, born in Spain.
- martlet
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noun,
British Dialect. a house martin.
- Matisse
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noun,
Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1869–1954, French painter.
- Astaire
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noun,
Fred, 1899–1987, U.S. dancer and actor.
- smatter
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noun,
slight or superficial knowledge; smattering.
- arietta
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noun,
a short aria.
- airtime
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noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- armlets
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noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- tertial
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noun,
a tertial feather.
- aimless
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adjective,
without aim; purposeless.
- Artesia
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noun,
a city in S California.
- airless
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adjective,
lacking air.
- airmail
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noun,
the system, especially a government postal system, of sending mail by airplane.
- amirate
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noun,
emirate.
- armless
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adjective,
lacking an arm or arms:
- artless
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adjective,
free from deceit, cunning, or craftiness; ingenuous:
- artiste
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noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- amitate
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noun,
a close social relationship between a paternal aunt and her niece.
- amities
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noun,
friendship; peaceful harmony.
- Amittai
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noun,
the father of Jonah. II Kings 14:25.
- ARTEMIS
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noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- aliases
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noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- amritas
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noun,
the beverage of immortality.
- Almeria
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noun,
a seaport in S Spain, on the Mediterranean.
- Telstar
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- tsarism
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noun,
czarism.
- tsarist
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noun,
an adherent of a czar or of czarism.
- Israel
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noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- smites
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Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- tetra-
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- tetras
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noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- smiles
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noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- lariat
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noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- titres
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noun,
titer.
- Tiamat
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noun,
an Akkadian goddess, the consort of Apsu and mother of the gods.
- metal.
-
- Mister
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noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- smelts
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noun,
any of various small, silvery food fishes of the family Osmeridae, of cold northern waters, as the North American rainbow smelt, Osmerus mordax.
- steams
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noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- steals
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noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Arliss
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noun,
George, 1868–1946, English actor.
- smears
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noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- mesial
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adjective,
medial.
- treats
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noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- mesail
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noun,
a pivoted piece on a helmet between a visor and a beaver.
- Lassie
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noun,
a young girl; lass.
- merits
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noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- smarts
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noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- aerial
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noun,
a radio or television antenna.
- testis
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noun,
the male gonad or reproductive gland, either of two oval glands located in the scrotum.
- tmesis
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noun,
the interpolation of one or more words between the parts of a compound word, as be thou ware for beware.
- samlet
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noun,
a young salmon.
- milter
-
noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- teslas
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noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- misers
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noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- istles
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noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Istria
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noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- starts
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noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- stater
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noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- Italia
-
noun,
Italian name of Italy.
- malars
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noun,
Also, malar bone. zygomatic bone.
- tra-la
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noun,
nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
- ariels
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noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- stares
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noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- lamias
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of fabulous monsters, commonly represented with the head and breast of a woman and the body of a serpent, said to allure youths and children in order to suck their blood.
- Ismael
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noun,
Ishmael (def 1).
- stales
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adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- arises
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verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- milit.
-
- milers
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noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- Arista
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noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- Smriti
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noun,
writings containing traditions concerning law, rituals, teachings of the sages, the epics, and the Puranas.
- satire
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noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Lamesa
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noun,
a city in NW Texas.
- missal
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Roman Catholic Church. the book containing the prayers and rites used by the priest in celebrating Mass over the course of the entire year.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- latria
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noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- latest
-
noun,
the latest, the most recent news, development, disclosure, etc.:
- Marist
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noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- masais
-
noun,
a member of an African people inhabiting the highlands of Kenya and Tanzania and having a largely pastoral economy and a society based on the patrilineal clan.
- liters
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noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- litres
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noun,
liter.
- litter
-
noun,
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- Littre
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noun,
Maximilien Paul Émile [mak-see-mee-lyan pawl ey-meel] /mak si miˈlyɛ̃ pɔl eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1801–88, French lexicographer and philosopher.
- alerts
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noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Martel
-
noun,
a hammerlike, shafted weapon having a head with a point at one end and a blunt face at the other.
- Alesia
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noun,
an ancient city and fortress in Gaul: Caesar captured Vercingetorix here 52 b.c.
- Tilsit
-
noun,
former name of Sovetsk.
- simile
-
noun,
a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.”.
Compare metaphor.
- simars
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noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Mariel
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noun,
a city and seaport of Cuba, on the W coast, SW of Havana.
- Sisera
-
noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- siesta
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- Alissa
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”.
- serais
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- marais
-
noun,
a swamp or bayou.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Mailer
-
noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- mailes
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- Maisie
-
noun,
a female given name, Scottish form of Margaret.
- maists
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- Altair
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Aquila.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- masers
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- Amelia
-
noun,
the congenital absence of one or more limbs.
- Amrita
-
noun,
the beverage of immortality.
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- aisles
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- latter
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- smalts
-
noun,
a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.
- titles
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- leasts
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- Lemass
-
noun,
Seán Francis [shawn] /ʃɔn/ (Show IPA), 1899–1971, prime minister of Ireland 1959–66.
- slimes
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- sliest
-
adjective,
a superlative of sly.
- slates
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- liaise
-
verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- mattes
-
noun,
a dull or dead surface, often slightly roughened, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
- matter
-
noun,
the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed:
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- matri-
-
- alarms
-
noun,
a sudden fear or distressing suspense caused by an awareness of danger; apprehension; fright.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- limits
-
noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- alates
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- sitars
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Sister
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- irises
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- malate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of malic acid.
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- tatars
-
noun,
a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
- Elissa
-
noun,
Phoenician name of Dido.
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- Elmira
-
noun,
a city in S central New York.
- realia
-
plural noun,
Education. objects, as coins, tools, etc., used by a teacher to illustrate everyday living.
- ramate
-
adjective,
having branches; branching out or off.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- Tamils
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- aaliis
-
noun,
a bushy shrub, Dodonaea viscosa, of Australia, Hawaii, Africa, and tropical America, having sticky foliage.
- ramtil
-
noun,
Niger seed.
- raises
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- tamari
-
noun,
a rich, naturally fermented soybean sauce containing little or no wheat and thicker than soy sauce.
- salami
-
noun,
a kind of sausage, originally Italian, often flavored with garlic.
- taster
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- reatas
-
noun,
riata.
- taters
-
noun,
potato.
- Ramses
-
noun,
the name of several kings of ancient Egypt.
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- salmis
-
noun,
salmi.
- tatami
-
noun,
(in Japanese houses) any of a number of thick, woven straw mats of uniform dimensions, about three feet by six feet (91 cm by 183 cm), the placing of which determines the dimensions of an interior.
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- tasset
-
noun,
either of two pieces of plate armor hanging from the fauld to protect the upper parts of the thighs.
- tassel
-
noun,
a pendent ornament consisting commonly of a bunch of threads, small cords, or other strands hanging from a roundish knob or head, used on clothing, in jewelry, on curtains, etc.
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- terat-
-
- tastes
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- rattle
-
noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- r-less
-
adjective,
r-dropping.
- asemia
-
noun,
inability to comprehend or use communicative symbols, as words or gestures.
- ratals
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- Attila
-
noun,
("Scourge of God") a.d. 406?–453, king of the Huns who invaded Europe: defeated by the Romans and Visigoths in 451 at Châlons-sur-Marne in France.
- tarsal
-
noun,
a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- rassle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- attars
-
noun,
Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- astral
-
adjective,
pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
- Tamale
-
noun,
a Mexican dish made of minced and seasoned meat packed in cornmeal dough, wrapped in corn husks, and steamed.
- remiss
-
adjective,
negligent, careless, or slow in performing one's duty, business, etc.:
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- resist
-
noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- strata
-
noun,
a plural of stratum.
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- assert
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- stimes
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- stilts
-
noun,
one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with his or her feet above the ground.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- mitral
-
adjective,
of or resembling a miter.
- assail
-
verb (used with object),
to attack vigorously or violently; assault.
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- armlet
-
noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- Selma
-
noun,
a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River.
- Marta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- almas
-
noun,
a town in SE Quebec, in SE Canada.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- alate
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- 30-30
-
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Malta
-
noun,
an island in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Africa. 95 sq. mi. (246 sq. km).
- malts
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- marls
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- Alas.
-
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- matr-
-
- almes
-
noun,
almah.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- Matt.
-
- alias
-
noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- male-
-
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- maras
-
noun,
a city in S Turkey, NE of Adana.
- Maria
-
noun,
calaba.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- semis
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, the half part of an as.
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- semi-
-
- Masai
-
noun,
a member of an African people inhabiting the highlands of Kenya and Tanzania and having a largely pastoral economy and a society based on the patrilineal clan.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- Marat
-
noun,
Jean Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1743–93, French politician and journalist: leader in the French Revolution; assassinated by Charlotte Corday d'Armont.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- realm
-
noun,
a royal domain; kingdom:
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Massa
-
noun,
marse.
- masse
-
noun,
a stroke made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held almost or quite perpendicular to the table.
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- mast-
-
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- masts
-
noun,
Nautical.
a spar or structure rising above the hull and upper portions of a ship or boat to hold sails, spars, rigging, booms, signals, etc., at some point on the fore-and-aft line, as a foremast or mainmast.
any of a number of individual spars composing such a structure, as a topmast supported on trestletrees at the head of a lower mast.
any of various portions of a single spar that are beside particular sails, as a top-gallant mast and royal mast formed as a single spar.
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- matte
-
noun,
a dull or dead surface, often slightly roughened, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- alarm
-
noun,
a sudden fear or distressing suspense caused by an awareness of danger; apprehension; fright.
- salsa
-
noun,
a lively, vigorous type of contemporary Latin American popular music, blending predominantly Cuban rhythms with elements of jazz, rock, and soul music.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- aemia
-
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- saris
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- milts
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- Salta
-
noun,
a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- aeri-
-
- salmi
-
noun,
a ragout of partially cooked game, as pheasant or woodcock, stewed in wine and butter.
- Salem
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Massachusetts: founded 1626; execution of persons accused of being witches 1692; home of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- salat
-
noun,
prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
- milia
-
noun,
a small white or yellowish nodule resembling a millet seed, produced in the skin by the retention of sebaceous secretion.
- Salas
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- miler
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- sates
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- mises
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- Mists
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- treas
-
- Misti
-
noun,
El Misti.
- Miss.
-
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- trama
-
noun,
a specialized hyphal tissue constituting the internal structure of mushroom gills, pore tubes, or spines.
- mitts
-
noun,
Baseball.
a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers.
a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
- Samas
-
noun,
the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
- Samar
-
noun,
an island in the E central Philippines. 5309 sq. mi. (13,750 sq. km).
- salts
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- Missa
-
noun,
Mass.
- Miass
-
noun,
a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, near the Ural Mountains, W of Chelyabinsk.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Melas
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- aalii
-
noun,
a bushy shrub, Dodonaea viscosa, of Australia, Hawaii, Africa, and tropical America, having sticky foliage.
- melts
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- seams
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- ratal
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- Melia
-
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- title
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- titis
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- seats
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- seism
-
noun,
an earthquake.
- matts
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Matthew.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- seals
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Aalst
-
noun,
Flemish name of Alost.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- metr-
-
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- sails
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- meta-
-
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- ramal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a ramus.
- mesas
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Malar
-
noun,
Also, malar bone. zygomatic bone.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Srta.
-
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- Elara
-
noun,
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- Ital.
-
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- stat.
-
- Issei
-
noun,
a Japanese person who immigrated to the U.S. or Canada after 1907 and was not eligible until 1952 for citizenship.
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- ta-ta
-
interjection,
goodbye.
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- smile
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- Lassa
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Lhasa.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- Larsa
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lamar
-
noun,
Joseph R. 1857–1916, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1911–16.
- Tatar
-
noun,
a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
- attar
-
noun,
Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- tests
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- lamia
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of fabulous monsters, commonly represented with the head and breast of a woman and the body of a serpent, said to allure youths and children in order to suck their blood.
- lames
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- Lamas
-
noun,
Carlos Saavedra [kahr-laws sah-ah-ve-drah] /ˈkɑr lɔs ˌsɑ ɑˈvɛ drɑ/ (Show IPA), Saavedra Lamas, Carlos.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Tamil
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- term.
-
- artal
-
noun,
plural of rotl.
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- IATSE
-
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- Tamas
-
noun,
See under guna.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- talas
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- Tamar
-
noun,
the daughter of David and half-sister of Absalom. II Sam. 13.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- iasis
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- Stets
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- Islam
-
noun,
the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.
- stats
-
noun,
Also, 'stat. thermostat.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- ster.
-
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- stilt
-
noun,
one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with his or her feet above the ground.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- imit.
-
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- lasts
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- lases
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Amati
-
noun,
Nicolò [nee-kaw-law] /ˌni kɔˈlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1596–1684, Italian violinmaker, one of a famous family of 16th- and 17th-century violinmakers: teacher of Antonio Stradivari.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- LittM
-
- SISAL
-
noun,
Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- lists
-
noun,
an enclosed arena for a tilting contest.
- Amer.
-
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- seti-
-
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- amate
-
verb (used with object),
to dismay; daunt.
- siris
-
noun,
lebbek (def 1).
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- simas
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- alti-
-
- maars
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- asst.
-
- silts
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- tears
-
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- tilts
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- sials
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- amass
-
verb (used with object),
to gather for oneself; collect as one's own:
- setts
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Maera
-
noun,
Hecuba, after being changed into a dog for blinding Polymestor.
- astr.
-
- maile
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- tera-
-
- Letts
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- atilt
-
adjective, adverb,
with a tilt or inclination; tilted:
- amiss
-
Idioms,
take amiss, to be offended at or resentful of (something not meant to cause offense or resentment); misunderstand:
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- ATLAS
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- assai
-
noun,
any of several slender Brazilian palms of the genus Euterpe, especially E. edulis, a species bearing a purple fruit from which a beverage is made by infusion.
- slime
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- slims
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Altai
-
noun,
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
- Smail
-
noun,
snail mail.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- smalt
-
noun,
a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.
- Alta.
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Silas
-
noun,
a male given name.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- limas
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- Assam
-
noun,
a state in NE India. 30,285 sq. mi. (78,438 sq. km). Capital: Dispur.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- mails
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- limit
-
noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- altar
-
noun,
an elevated place or structure, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed or on which sacrifices are offered to gods, ancestors, etc.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- slams
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- tel-
-
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- trit
-
- RIIA
-
- rit.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- ter.
-
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- Tasm
-
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Sams
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samuel.
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- titi
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- Sem.
-
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Tit.
-
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- sers
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- tilt
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- Sims
-
noun,
William Sowden [soud-n] /ˈsaʊd n/ (Show IPA), 1858–1936, U.S. admiral, born in Canada.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- str.
-
- SAMA
-
noun,
the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
- Sam.
-
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- sals
-
noun,
salt1 .
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- tri-
-
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- Saml
-
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- SMSA
-
- Sra.
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- SRAM
-
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Ste.
-
- Sat.
-
- SASE
-
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Ire.
-
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- est.
-
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- ARIS
-
- Arm.
-
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- art.
-
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- ISIS
-
noun,
a goddess of fertility, the sister and wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, and usually represented as a woman with a cow's horns with the solar disk between them: later worshiped in the Greek and Roman empires.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lit.
-
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- elms
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- Mali
-
noun,
Republic of, a republic in W Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km). Capital: Bamako.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Mara
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of death, sometimes seen as one aspect of a god whose other aspect is Kama, or erotic desire.
- Mar.
-
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- MALS
-
- mal-
-
- Aram
-
noun,
Biblical name of ancient Syria.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- amt.
-
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- Maia
-
noun,
the eldest of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes by Zeus.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- emia
-
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Maat
-
noun,
the goddess personifying law and righteousness.
- Maas
-
noun,
Dutch name of the Meuse.
- maar
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- lime
-
noun,
Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- Mass
-
noun,
a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size:
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- att.
-
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- lams
-
noun,
a hasty escape; flight.
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- atm.
-
- LAMA
-
noun,
a priest or monk in Lamaism.
- Lam.
-
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- LASS
-
noun,
a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- ates
-
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- ELAS
-
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- itis
-
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- asis
-
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- ASME
-
- Lett
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- isls
-
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- Lat.
-
- ASSR
-
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- isms
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ASTM
-
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- lea.
-
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- masa
-
noun,
flour or dough made of dried, ground corn, used especially for tortillas.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- AMLS
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- AIME
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Aire
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ile-
-
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- AISI
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- MSTS
-
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- MSIE
-
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- MSAE
-
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- Rama
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) any of the three avatars of Vishnu: Balarama, Parashurama, or Ramachandra.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- rel.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- ESIS
-
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- IAEA
-
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- IATA
-
- aer-
-
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- aet.
-
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- Ala.
-
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- amas
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- met.
-
- mess
-
noun,
a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- mes-
-
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- mil.
-
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- meas
-
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- meal
-
noun,
the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Amal
-
- Mile
-
noun,
Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
- mis-
-
- Alis
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Alma
-
noun,
a town in SE Quebec, in SE Canada.
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- mitt
-
noun,
Baseball.
a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers.
a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- MILR
-
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- 1080
-
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- alt.
-
- ESL
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- eir
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- EIS
-
- ESR
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- TAL
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ERT
-
- EMT
-
- ELM
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- EMR
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ESA
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- tlr
-
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- AEA
-
- ae.
-
- Aar
-
- ALM
-
- AAM
-
- AAE
-
- Ar.
-
- AMA
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- al.
-
- AIA
-
- Am.
-
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- TSS
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- EAM
-
- EAA
-
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ATA
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- at.
-
- ast
-
- ASR
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- ASM
-
- ASI
-
- ase
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- ARS
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- TIA
-
- AMS
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- AME
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TTS
-
- LTA
-
- rte
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- RTS
-
- MAA
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- MSL
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Me.
-
- rt.
-
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- ltr
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- LST
-
- LSS
-
- LSM
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- LSI
-
- RSS
-
- LMT
-
- RSE
-
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- LIM
-
- MSA
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- RMA
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Re.
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- SAA
-
- MTS
-
- MTI
-
- Mt.
-
- MST
-
- MSI
-
- MSE
-
- MRI
-
- se-
-
- MRE
-
- MRA
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MLS
-
- MLR
-
- MLA
-
- ml.
-
- MIT
-
- SAR
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- MIE
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MI5
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noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- mi.
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- SAE
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- SLA
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- Lie
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noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Ir.
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- ite
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- ITA
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- REM
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noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- ist
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- ISR
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- ism
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noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- Isl
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- ise
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- ISA
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- Is.
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
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- IRL
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- STI
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- ILS
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- La.
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- ILA
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noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
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- STL
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- STM
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- ier
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- IAS
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- ial
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- Ia.
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- IRA
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- res
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noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ETS
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- ETR
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- ret
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verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Ria
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noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Lia
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noun,
Leah (def 1).
- RIM
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noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- Lt.
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- ss.
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- SLE
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- let
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noun,
British. a lease.
- Les
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- Ler
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noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- SLR
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- SMA
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- lei
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noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- RSA
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- Las
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noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- LAR
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- SMS
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- Sr.
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- SRI
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noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Lai
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noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- SRS
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- Rs.
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- rm.
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plural,
ream.
- REA
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- Lae
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noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Sta
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- St.
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- SST
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- SSR
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- Sal
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noun,
salt1 .
- SSM
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- SSI
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- SSE
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- SSA
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- rat
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noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- S.
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- SA
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- SM
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- AA
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noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- TT
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- SL
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- RI
-
- EI
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
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- t.
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- i.
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- L.
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- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- L1
-
- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- TM
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- le
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- LM
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- LR
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- M.
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- MA
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noun,
mother1 .
- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- R.
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- TL
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- L2
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